adambattey Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 Hi guys, Right, stupid question of the day time..... I have a Congo Jr and know that it can operate movers.... but how do I know if my rig can facilitate them...? I'm making the assumption that they cannot be just be plugged into the lighting sockets and they will just work - there has to be some kind of data input into it to....right...? Sorry for sounding dense but I'm really flying blind on this one! Cheers guys! adam x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve h Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 For power they will require hard power (not something run through the dimmers). For data they will use DMX which is delivered through a cable that will daisy chain between units. Look at the wiki for more info Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adambattey Posted August 26, 2010 Author Share Posted August 26, 2010 ah ha! ok, cool! cheers for that! I have 7 LXbars in the space that have a DMX at the end of each - that solves that query! but there is also only one HP socket on each bar... can this be daisy chained also...? (I'm looking on the wiki as we speak..! ** laughs out loud **!) Thanks! Adam x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the kid Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 I would check your DMX I have DMX on 4/7 bars but only one at a time works and its patched to which one I want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonhole Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 Probably not daisy chained, but you can plug a splitter into that, just like you would use a 4way extension at home to plug multiple things into one plug. You just need to do the calculations to ensure you don't pull to much power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adambattey Posted August 26, 2010 Author Share Posted August 26, 2010 kk, thanks for all of this guys! it is really helping!! :) I am feeling a second post coming on though entitled "Training courses my boss should send me on" ....feeling vastly underqualified at the moment....! ha ha! x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munro Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 My advise would be to make sure that your bars can support the weight! After a certain Installations company told me that ours could. But when tried it was pretty obvious they didn't. After a careful look it appears the curtain people decided to chop down the poles that ran through the concrete roof to make way for the main track. Leaving the front IWB on a lovely canterlever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimWebber Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 My advise would be to make sure that your bars can support the weight!..... Good point, but please also bear in mind that putting a moving light on a bar - especially a moving head is going to put all manner of strange and unpredictable loads on the bar. When the head starts jerking about every which way, they can impose quite considerable lateral force as well! Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fazJ Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 My advise would be to make sure that your bars can support the weight!..... Good point, but please also bear in mind that putting a moving light on a bar - especially a moving head is going to put all manner of strange and unpredictable loads on the bar. When the head starts jerking about every which way, they can impose quite considerable lateral force as well! Jim especially if there is more than one of them doing the same motion at the same time such as a tilt saw, if you do it on a hemp bar for example you cant get a rather brilliant swing out of the bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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